McDonnell Agonistes

The news has flashed around the interwebs…the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed former Gov. Bob McDonnell’s conviction, and it is now likely he will have to report to prison.

The unanimous decision does not mean McDonnell is out of options. He can ask for a hearing of the full appeals court, or take his case to the Supreme Court.

But a 3-0 decision means neither of those options looks promising.

My friends on the right are outraged. They say McDonnell did nothing wrong and whatever he did is inconsequential compared to Hillary Clinton’s numerous, shady dealings through the Clinton Foundation. That’s a political non-starter. You want to ding Hillary? Ask what she has accomplished in nearly four decades at or near the center of power. For anyone besides her cronies, courtiers, and assorted hangers-on, that is.

Feelings are hurt and a friend has taken a hit. Worse, he was convicted, in part, on the testimony of Jonnie Williams, as character so shifty central casting would have a hard time making him up.

The appeals court wasn’t buying it. Any of it.

And this should send a shiver down the spine of every elected official in the commonwealth.

If the Justice Department was being truthful when it promised to root out corruption at any level in Virginia, then its open season on electeds, regardless of their (often comical) attempts to reform the state’s ethics laws.

Anything they do that even vaguely approaches the ill-defined line McDonnell crossed could land them in a federal courtroom. Some will cheer this. The rest of us should be very concerned that lawfare has gained what appears to be an omnipotent weapon for taking out one’s foes.

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